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Robert Lewis Buell (1898-1966) —
also known as Robert L. Buell —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 6,
1898.
U.S. Vice Consul in Calcutta, 1925-27; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, as of 1932; Colombo, 1933-37; Berlin, 1941; Singapore, 1941; Rangoon, 1941-42; Calcutta, 1942-43; U.S. Consul General in Léopoldville, 1945-46; Johannesburg, as of 1946; Alexandria, 1947-49.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 5,
1966 (age 68 years, 121
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Clifford Buell and Gertrude (Ackerman)
Buell. |
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Henry Prather Fletcher (1873-1959) —
also known as Henry P. Fletcher —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.; Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa., April
10, 1873.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Chile, 1909-14; Luxembourg, 1923-24; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1914-16; Mexico, 1916-19; Belgium, 1922-24; Italy, 1924-29; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1934-36; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936
(speaker);
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1940;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1940;
member, Resolutions Committee, 1940;
Parliamentarian, 1952.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., July 10,
1959 (age 86 years, 91
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Casey Greene (b. 1896) —
of Potowomut, Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Cranford, Union
County, N.J., September
7, 1896.
Republican. Paper box
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956;
Rhode
Island Republican state chair, 1946-49.
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Francis Greene and Margaret (Ladd) Greene; married, September
15, 1922, to Anne Buckley. |
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Ronald K. Machtley (b. 1948) —
of Rhode Island.
Born in Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa., July 13,
1948.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1989-95; candidate
for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1994.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Ralph Young (1897-1958) —
also known as Robert R. Young; "Railroad
Young"; "Populist of Wall Street";
"The Daring Young Man of Wall Street";
"Maverick of Wall Street" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Canadian, Hemphill
County, Tex., February
14, 1897.
Republican. Stockbroker;
financier;
assistant treasurer of General
Motors; predicted the 1929 stock market crash, and profited by
selling stocks short; chairman of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway,
and later the New York Central Railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
25, 1958 (age 60 years, 345
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
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